## Beth Gilgal...Geba and Azmaveth...Jerusalem ##

These are the names of places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem ##

"for the singers lived in musical communities they had built in places surrounding Jerusalem."

## The priests and the Levites purified ##

This refers to a process of ritually purifying everything participating in the dedication ceremony: leaders, participants, instruments, buildings, even the walls themselves.